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ey0017.8-9 | New Genes | ESPEYB17

8.9. Primary adrenal insufficiency: New genetic causes and their long-term consequences

F Buonocore , JC Achermann

To read the full abstract: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2020; 92(1): 11–20. PMID: 31610036.Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) is a relatively rare but potentially life?threatening condition that requires urgent diagnosis and treatment (1). Although the most common causes are congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in childhood and autoimmune adrenal insufficiency in adolescenc...

ey0019.1-7 | Genetics | ESPEYB19

1.7. Pathogenic variants in RNPC3 are associated with hypopituitarism and primary ovarian insufficiency

L Akin , K Rizzoti , LC Gregory , B Corredor , Quesne Stabej P Le , H Williams , F Buonocore , S Mouilleron , V Capra , SM McGlacken-Byrne , GA Martos-Moreno , DN Azmanov , M Kendirci , S Kurtoglu , JP Suntharalingham , C Galichet , S Gustincich , V Tasic , JC Achermann , A Accogli , A Filipovska , A Tuilpakov , M Maghnie , Z Gucev , ZB Gonen , LA Perez-Jurado , I Robinson , R Lovell-Badge , J Argente , MT Dattani

Genet Med. 2022 Feb;24(2):384-397. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.09.019. PMID: 34906446.Brief Summary: This study extends the phenotypes related to pathogenic biallelic RNPC3 variants to cover primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) in combination with the previously associated growth hormone deficiency (GHD).The authors report 15 patients from 9 pedigrees with severe...

ey0017.6-8 | Differences/Disorders of Sex Development: Genetics | ESPEYB17

6.8. Pathogenic variants in the DEAH-box RNA helicase DHX37 are a frequent cause of 46,XY gonadal dysgenesis and 46,XY testicular regression syndrome

K McElreavey , A Jorgensen , C Eozenou , T Merel , J Bignon-Topalovic , DS Tan , D Houzelstein , F Buonocore , N Warr , RGG Kay , M Peycelon , JP Siffroi , I Mazen , JC Achermann , Y Shcherbak , J Leger , A Sallai , JC Carel , L Martinerie , R Le Ru , GS Conway , B Mignot , L Van Maldergem , R Bertalan , E Globa , R Brauner , R Jauch , S Nef , A Greenfield , A Bashamboo

To read the full abstract: Genet Med. 2020, Jan; 22: 150-9. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6944638/pdf/41436_2019_Article_606.pdfMassive parallel sequencing of 145 46,XY DSD patients revealed 13 individuals with heterozygous missense pathogenic variants in the RNA helicase DHX37, explaining 11% of cases of 46,XY gonadal d...